Guard-rail.



J. D. TURNER.

GUARD RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED A2342. 1912.

1,032,452, I Patented July 16, 1912.

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JOHN DAVID TURNER, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

GUARD-RAIL.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J QHN DAVID TURNER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county ofJefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Guard- Rails, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in guardrails and has for its object to provide improved fastening means torigidly and securely hold the guard rail in place and prevent the samefrom spreading.

An additional object .of the invention re sides in the provision of animproved spac ing block or filler arranged between the guard and trackrails, and fastening means disposed through said spacing block andcoacting with the base portions of the main and guard ails to provide acommon fastening means for the block and rails to prevent their relativelongitudinal movement.

Still another and more specific object of the invention is to provide aguard rail having a laterally extended base which constitutcs asupporting chair for the main rail, and fastening means to secure themain and guard rails upon a tie, said fastening means also serving torigidly and securely retain the main rail in position upon the extendedbase portion of the guard rail.

The final object of the invention is to provide means whereby the guardrail may be easily and quickly arranged in position and secured upon theties, said means being simple and inexpensive in construction as well asstrong, durable and lasting in practical use.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims andshown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure'l is a top plan view of a portion of the main line track rail anda guard rail arranged adjacent thereto and connected to the same inaccordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectiontaken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail fragmentaryperspective View of the filler or spacing bar.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 des- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed April 12, 1912.

Patented July 16,1912. Serial No. 690,287.

ignat-es the main track rail and 6 my improved guard rail which isarranged adjacent thereto. The head or tread portion of the guard railat the opposite ends thereof is curved outwardly away from the main linerail as shown at 7, the base of this guard rail being laterally extendedas indicated at 8, said extended base portion of the rail acting toprevent the rail from sinking into the surface of the ties. The ordinarybase flange 9 of the guard rail upon one side of the web thereof isprovided with notches indicated at 10 and the extension base plate 8 ofsaid rail has openings 11 formed therein which coincide with saidnotches.

The main rail 5 is adapted to be seated upon the extension 8 of the baseof the guard rail, and the base flange of said main rail which isopposed to the flange 9 of the guard rail is provided with the notches12 which are adapted to register with the openings 11 in the plate 8.The other or out wardly extending base flange on the opposite side ofthe web of the main rail 5 is disposed inwardly of a series of spikereceiving openings 13 provided in the plate 8 adjacent to its outeredge. The securing spikes 14 are adapted to be driven through theseopenings into the supporting ties indicated at T, the heads of saidspikes bearing upon the outer edge of the main line rail base.

The filler or spacing bar 15 shown in detail in Fig. 3 is adapted to bedisposed between the opposed webs of the main and the guard rails whenthe same are arranged upon the supporting tics. This spacing bar is ofsubstantially I-shaped form in cross section, and the heads or flangededges 16 of this spacing bar are adapted to engage with the webs of themain and guard rails and extend between the under sides of the treadportions of said rails and the base flanges thereof. The intermediatereduced web portion 17 of the I-shaped spacing bar 15 is provided withthe rectangular spike receiving openings 18 which are in verticalalinement with the openings 11 in the base plate 8 of the guard railwhen the spacing bar is properly disposed between the guard and the mainline rails. The spikes 19 are driven through these alined openings ofthe spacing bar and the base portions of the rails and into thesupporting ties. The spikes eflicientlyserve as a common fastening meansfor the various elements which effectually prevents longitudinalmovement of the spacing bar between the rails, or longitudinal movementof the main line rail upon the extended base plate of the guard rail.

. By means of the above arrangement of parts, it will be seen that Ihave entirely dispensed with the usual transverse fasten ing bolts whichextend through the webs of the main and guard rails and spacing mem bersarranged between said rails. Thus a maximum of strength in the main linerail is obtained. Also by providing the spacing bar entirely filling thespace between the head and base portions of the rails, the track rail isheld absolutely rigid at all times and the same is prevented fromtilting or turn ing upon the extended base portion 8 of the guard rail.It also eliminates all liability of a track walker having his footcaught between the main and guard rails and further serves to preventthe accumulation of trash between the rails and beneath the main linerail.

From the foregoing description it is believed that the construction andmanner of assembling the various parts of the invention will be clearlyunderstood.

It will of course be obvious that the guard rail and spacing bar may beconstructed in various lengths and any desired number of fasteningspikes 19 may be employed in securing the parts upon the ties as aboveset forth. Owing to the simple form of the various elements employed itwill further be seen that the entire device can be manufactured atcomparatively small cost.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred form and construction ofthe several elements, it will be understood that the invention issusceptible of considerable modification without departing from theessential features or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What I claim is 1. The combination with the main and guard rails havingrecesses in their opposed base portions, of a longitudinally extendingspacing bar disposed between said rails to engage the web portionsthereof between the under side of the tread and base flanges of therails, said spacing bar having openings in alinement with the recessesof the rail flanges, and fastening spikes to be driven through saidopenings and recesses into the rail supporting ties.

2. The combination with the track rail, of a guard rail having alaterally extended base flange upon which said track rail is seated, theedges of the opposed base flanges of the guard and track rails beingprovided with notches to receive fastening spikes whereby the guard railis secured upon the I tie and the track rail held against longitudinalmovement with relation to the guard rail, said laterally extending baseplate of the guard rail being provided with a series of openingsadjacentits outer edge, and fastening spikes to bedriven through saidopenings into the ties and to engage over the outer edge of the baseflange of the track rail.

3. The combination. with the track rail, of a guard rail having alaterally extended base flange upon which the main line rail is seated,the base flange of the guard rail'upon one side of the web portionthereof being provided with notches in its edge, said laterally extendedbase plate having openings with which said notches coincide, the mainline rail being also provided in the edge of its base flange upon oneside of the web. portion with notches to register with the openings insaid base plate, a spacing bar disposed between the web portions of thetrack and guard rails and providedv with openings in alinement with theopenings in the base plate, a plurality of fastening spikes to be driventhrough the openings in the spacing bar and base plate to preventlongitudinal movement of the track rail, said base plate being providedadjacent to its outer edge with a plurality of openings, and securingspikes to be driven through said openings into the supporting ties, theheads of said spikes engaging over, the edge of the base flange of thetrack rail.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JOHN DAVID, TURNER.

Vi itnesses MILEs C. TURNER, \V. C. BAROLTFT.

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